čau

See also: cau, cầu, cấu, câu, cẩu, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao. Doublet of Slovan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃau̯]

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
    Synonyms: ahoj, čus
  2. bye (informal farewell)
    Synonyms: ahoj, čus

Further reading

Latvian

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
  2. bye (informal farewell)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯/

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
  2. bye (informal farewell)

Further reading

  • čau”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025